Method of making garment-forms.



E. KASRALOWIOZ. METHOD OF MAKING GARMENT FORMS. APPLICATION FILED MAR31, 1910 Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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ELY KASR ALOWICZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

METHOD OF MAKING GARMENT-FORMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed March 31, 1910. Serial No. 552,652.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELY KAsnALowmz, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of MakingGarment-Forms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to apparel-apparatus for manufacturing clothing,but has reference more particularly to an improved method of producinggarment forms for use in the manufacture of ladies suits, coats, waistsor other wearing apparel, and the invention has for its object theproduction of forms which accurately correspond in shape with the humanform to be fitted, and possess among other advantages, those oflightnelss, inexpensiveness, strength and durabi ity.

The invention will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims following.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this application, andwhereon corresponding characters refer to like parts in the severalfigures: Figure 1 represents in perspective the flexible fabric outline,or outer lining, of a garment-form inside out, same being hereinafterdesignated a try on. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section through Fig. 1showing the try on in final shape, and mfl'unted upon suitable endblocks. Fig. 3 is a view corresponding with Fig. 2 except that the innercoating has been thickened and the end blocks removed. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the completed garment-form, broken away at its lowerportion for the purpose of displaying a filling of cork or analogousmaterial, and, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in horizontal section takenthrough the back center of the form at a point between the neck andwaist line.

Reference being had to the drawings and numerals thereon, 1 indicates anenvelop or casing of textile or other flexible material as an outercover for the garment-form in the course of manufacture, same beingfirst accurately fitted upon the human form or figure for whichintended, and then turned inside out thus placing the scams 2 of thesocalled try on upon the inside. Within the neck of try-on 1 is acircular neck block 3 having a peripheral groove 4, a central upstandingdetachable handle 5, and a central depending rod 6 the latter rigidlyaflixed to said block and constituting part of an ad justable supportingstandard. To this block 8 the neck of try-on 1 is temporarily butsecurely attached by means of a flexible band or cord 7 drawing it intothe peripheral groove 4, while similarly the lower edge of said try-onis secured by agency of a cord or band 8 in one of the peripheralgrooves 9, 10 or 11 in the edge of a base block 12 as shown by Fig. 2.The said block 12 is by preference elliptical in form, and, rising fromthe center thereof is a tubular member 13 constituting part of theextensible supporting standard 6-13 in telescopic relation, the formeradapted to slide vertically within the latter, and to be secured inpredetermined relative position by agency of a set screw 14. The saidbase block 12 is pierced transversely at one side of its vertical centerby an opening 15, interiorly threaded as at 16 to receive a plug 17 inscrew threaded relation, said plug in turn being perforated as at 18 toreceive a suitable coupling 19 for an air pump (not shown), while fromthe central underside of this block 12 projects a detachable handle 20corresponding with the upper handle 5 aforesaid.

Stitched within the back of the try-on 1 at its center, and extendingfrom the neck to a point approximating the waist line, is a verticalnarrow stiffening rib 21, flat in cross section as indicated by Fig. 5,and steam bent or otherwise shaped in substantial conformity with thefigure to be fitted, while to complete the garment-form try-on 1 isblown up by air pressure as indicated by Fig. 2, lined by an interiorcoating of plaster of paris, cement, or other hardening composition 22in which seams 2 and the rib 21 become embedded, is thereupon removedfrom the blocks 3 and 12, reinforced by more of the hardeningcomposition 22, filled with a packing of cork or other light materialsuch as 23, and finally closed at top and bottom by disks of canvas orother fabric 24 as clearly shown by the complete Fig. 4.

This being a description of my invention including the apparatus byagency whereof the completed article of manufacture is produced, I willnow proceed to describe briefly its operation.

Presuming that a try-on, such as illustrated by Fig. 1, is first shapedupon the subject or human form for which the garment-form is intended toserve as a dummy, this try-on is then turned inside out placing seams 2upon its interior, stiffening rib 2-1 of proper curvature is stitched inplace, and into said try-on by agency of cord 7, the neck block 3 issecured. Likewise by agency of cord 8 the opposite or lower edge oftry-on 1 is secured in one or the other of the grooves 9, 10 or 11according to the approximate hip measurement of the subject to befitted. The height of the subject being known, the telescoping standard6, 13 is adjusted accordingly, and secured through opening 15, by meansof the flat head set screw 14. A thin solution of plaster, cement,rubber, or other compound capable of rapidly hardening is nextintroduced into the interior of try-on 1 through opening 15, the wholebeing rapidly turned in a horizontal position upon the handles 5, 20, soas to coat the interior to render it practically air-tight. The opening15 is next closed by the introduction of plug 17, through which, and itscoupling 19, an inflating medium such as air pressure from an air pumpor other suitable source of supply is introduced to fill out and impartto the garment-form its shape as shown by Fig. 2. Block 12 thereuponbeing removed the interior wall 22 of plaster or other suitable materialmay now be thickened as shown in Fig. 3, by merely introducingadditional material, or, if preferred this may, of course, beaccomplished previous to the removal of said block 12, the additionalmaterial in that event being introduced through opening 15. But in anycase after completion of the outer hardened shell or casing the same isby preference filled with pulverized cork or other analogous materialsuch as 23, the structure then being completed by top and bottomclosures sewed or otherwise attached to the top and bottom edges of thegarment-form as shown by Fig. 4 representing the completed article.

Vith this or substantially this system and apparatus, it is quiteobvious that an exact model of the human form to be fitted may beproduced with accuracy and precision, and that a garment or garments ofwearing apparel may be fitted thereto with the same degree of accuracy,but without the necessity of tedious fittings and trials upon the personof the customer. And, moreover, the more important measurements such asheight and hip circumference being furnished, it is only necessary tohave in addition the envelop or try-on 1 to insure accurate results eventhough the tailoring is to be done at a point or city very remote fromthe location of the subject or customer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. The method of manufacturing garment forms which consists in producinga flexible envelop of the desired dimensions, treating same to render itsubstantially air-tight, employing fluid pressure to inflate saidenvelop, and finally fixing the shape thus produced by the applicationof a hardening material.

2. The method of manufacturing garment forms which consists in producinga flexible non-stretchable envelop of the desired dimensions, treatingsame to render it substantially air-tight, employing fiuid pressure toinflate said envelop, fixing the shape thus produced by coating itsinterior walls with a hardening material, and finally introducing afilling.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ELY KASRALOVVICZ.

\Yitnesses THOMAS DURANT, WM. E. Dyan.

